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A child was hurt and a second person was pulled from a burning home on Montgomery Avenue in Fairmont Wednesday afternoon. The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating.
A pedestrian was seriously hurt in a hit-and-run on West Main Street in Elkins. Police say the car later hit a utility pole, and 35-year-old Howard Gates is charged with leaving the scene.
A Fayette County student died after being shot inside an Oak Hill home Tuesday afternoon. Police have charged 18-year-old Gabriel Osorio with child neglect resulting in death.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced a $3.2 million initiative in Welch to bring water testing and home filtration systems to families in McDowell and Mingo counties who rely on wells, springs and cisterns.
Democrats more than doubled their House seats and went from 2 to 4 in the state Senate, but Republicans keep firm control of both chambers, according to unofficial results.
Live, unofficial West Virginia 2026 general election results for U.S. Senate, both U.S. House seats, Amendment 1 and local races, updated through the night.
Roman Heilman, a 6-year-old with autism missing since Sunday near Louisa, Ky., was found safe Tuesday by volunteers on horseback about a mile and a half from home.
The Chick-fil-A inside Charleston Town Center will permanently close on New Year's Eve, ending a 34-year run, with no plans to relocate.
Secretary of State Kris Warner says voting is going smoothly in all 55 counties with more than 8,200 poll workers on duty. Polls close at 7:30 p.m., and anyone in line by then can vote.
The Harrison County Board of Education voted to begin a formal review of a plan to merge Salem Elementary into Mountaineer Elementary and Lost Creek Elementary into West Milford Elementary. No closures are final, and public hearings come next.
Kanawha is the only West Virginia county on the Justice Department's Election Day monitoring list. Secretary of State Kris Warner says the monitors must stay outside polling places and the 100-foot boundary, and voters don't have to talk to them.
Xander Ball, 18, who escaped a Wheeling detention center Oct. 10 while charged with attempted murder in a Star City shooting, was arrested Monday in Reynoldsville after tips from the public led U.S. Marshals to him.
A Lewis County grand jury has indicted Michael Chad Toms, 49, of Weston, on felony charges after an August chase that topped 100 mph, during which officers say he pointed a shotgun toward a pursuing officer's vehicle.
Emmanuel Manyuon posted 22 points and 11 rebounds in his Marshall debut as the Thundering Herd never trailed, using a 21-3 first-half run to beat Buffalo 92-65 at the Cam Henderson Center.
Alliance Resource Partners says a new multiyear coal supply deal will restart the idled Mountain View Mine near Davis and bring nearly 150 miners back to work, with two shifts a day targeted by early 2027.
After falling behind 16-6 early, West Virginia scored 21 straight points and held Niagara to 16 second-half points in a 91-46 season-opening win at Hope Coliseum, led by freshman Miles Sadler's 16 points and nine assists.
A special prosecutor has declined to pursue criminal charges 'at this time' in the state's investigation into PEIA coverage for Ravenswood city officials. Mayor Joshua Miller says the probes ended in his favor.
State leaders want the West Virginia Supreme Court to wait until spring on a lawsuit over the school aid formula, saying the Legislature is already working on a rewrite.
Every West Virginia voter will see Amendment 1 on Tuesday's ballot. Here's what the citizenship voting amendment would change, what it wouldn't, and when the polls are open.
Charleston police have charged two juveniles with malicious wounding in the beating of the Wandering Wind Meadery owner outside his West Side business, and say more could be charged.
The UMWA and 52 miners are asking the WV Supreme Court to order the state coal mine safety board to vote on a silica dust limit, citing miners diagnosed with severe black lung as young as 32.
Troopers say a Normantown man fired a pistol outside a home near U.S. 33 while four children were inside. He's charged with wanton endangerment.
The Triadelphia shelter already had 24 dogs in a space built for 26 when about 15 more were seized. Here's how to adopt or foster.
Xander Ball, 18, escaped a Wheeling detention center Oct. 10. U.S. Marshals believe he's in the Morgantown-Clarksburg area and offer a $3,500 reward.
